@gambolputty: "I recently decided to wipe the slate clean and reinstall the operating
system.
I did this after backing up my entire system, including the current
system state.
After completing the process, I'm finding that the settings for many
programs have been lost.  I thought those settings were stored the the
registry and would be preserved by backing up and restoring the system
state.
What am I missing here?
Thanks for ANY help."
    @nobody: "System State holds a LOT of your settings, but not all.  Did you 
restore the system state and THEN the rest of the data?  If not, 
try again, reversing the order.  A lot of settings are held in 
the applications themselves.  If the registry doesn't match the 
installed apps, it'll do that.
Pop
"Putty" <email_address> wrote in message 
news:<email_address>
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    @gambolputty: "1.  I reinstalled Windows XP (a "totally new" installation).
2.  I restored both data and system state simultaneously  using
Windows backup.
Many customized program settings and registrations were lost.
I would like to repeat the process with the goal of keeping as many of
my previous settings as possible.  (I wish I had a clone or image file
at this point, but I don't)
What would an expert do in this situation?
Thanks again.
On Fri, 2 Jun 2006 12:36:19 -0400, "POP" <email_address>
wrote:
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